Book Page Wreath

I promised I would share my Choose to Shine book page wreath tut during yesterday's post.  They were actually easy to make once I nailed down the details...which was nice since I made THIRTEEN of them in one sitting!

To be honest, I've seen these cute wreaths around blogland forever but couldn't find a good, clear tutorial out there!  And since I was in charge of decor for our shin-dig, I didn't want to screw up!  Sooo...I took a million pics for YOUR benefit.  You're welcome (:
How to Make a Book Page Wreath:

Step 1: Rip out pages [I used old Relief Society manuals since they're now online]

Step 2: Starting in lower right hand corner, tuck end inward then roll, keeping a cone shape.

Step 3: Glue corner into place with a glue stick.

Step 4: Again, note the CONE shape in the end...if it didn't turn out, just re-roll.  Now repeat 19 more times for 1 wreath.

Next up, hot glue them in place: I cut out a 3" circle from yellow card stock as my base.  Hot glue the first four cones at 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock.  From there, just fill in as many as you can glue between the first 4 cones, [about 8-10] then create a second row so you end up with a fuller wreath.

Right picture: that was only HALF of my wreaths...long day, good thing hubby was home to tend kiddos and I had a marathon of CSI: Vegas to keep me company (:

I thought a pop of yellow to coordinate our Sunshine theme would be fun so I made paper lollys to go in the center of each wreath. [We've explained the tut before so if these pics aren't doin it for ya, click here!]  

For the center of each lolly: Print "Choose to Shine" (in Word) onto regular copy paper, cut out into 2" circles, glue circles onto faux burlap scrapbook paper and cut into a 3" circle with edging scissors.

Total cost for 13 wreaths?  

Just $7 for scrapbook paper [from HobLob] which comes out to less than $2/wreath.

 Now that, my friends, makes our budget SMILE (: